Lance Armstrong

Professional cyclist

Mr. Armstrong won the Tour de France a record-breaking seven consecutive years, from 1999 to 2005, but was stripped of his titles in the wake of a report by the U.S. anitdoping suthorities in 2012. At the age of 21, he was the youngest road cycling world champion ever. He survived testicular cancer in 1996. Lance Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, 2005, but returned to road racing in January 2009. He finished third in the Tour de France in 2009.

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Lance Armstrong crashed his vehicle into two parked cars and allowed his girlfriend to take the blame to avoid media attention, according to a police report. Plus, a group of PGA Tour caddies has filed a class-action lawsuit demanding that the tour compensate them for wearing logo-adorned bibs.

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